PhosChem Announces 1.25 Million Metric Tonne DAP Contract With Indian Customers
19 February 2009 - 1:20AM
PR Newswire (US)
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Phosphate Chemicals
Export Association, Inc. (PhosChem) has reached agreement to supply
1.25 million metric tonnes of diammonium phosphate (DAP) to two
large customers in India. Under the terms of this annual contract,
the price will be indexed to market pricing. Shipments will begin
in March 2009. "This agreement demonstrates our commitment to
serving the growing demand for crop nutrients in India. We are
pleased to reach this agreement and look forward to serving our
Indian customers in the years ahead," said Steve Paxton, President
of PhosChem. About PhosChem PhosChem was founded in 1974 in
accordance with the provisions of the Webb-Pomerene Act and is the
export marketing association for its members. The Act was created
to promote U.S. exports. PhosChem is the largest exporter of
concentrated phosphate from North America. Its member companies
include Mosaic Crop Nutrition, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS), and PCS Sales (USA), Inc., an
indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Potash Corporation of
Saskatchewan Inc. (TSE and NYSE: POT). This press release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include,
but are not limited to, statements about future operations. Such
statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of
management of PhosChem and its members and are subject to
significant risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties
include but are not limited to the predictability and volatility
of, and customer expectations about, agriculture, fertilizer, raw
material, energy and transportation markets that are subject to
competitive and other pressures and the effects of the current
economic and financial turmoil; international trade risks; changes
in government policy; changes in environmental and other
governmental regulation; adverse weather conditions affecting
operations of PhosChem's members, including potential hurricanes or
excess rainfall; actual costs of asset retirement, environmental
remediation, reclamation or other environmental regulation
differing from management's current estimates; accidents and other
disruptions involving PhosChem's members' operations, including
potential releases of hazardous or volatile chemicals, as well as
other risks and uncertainties reported from time to time in the
respective reports of PhosChem's members filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ from those set
forth in the forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: PhosChem
CONTACT: Christine Battist of The Mosaic Company, +1-763-577-2828,
; or Denita Stann of PotashCorp, +1-847-849-4277, , both for
PhosChem
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